Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-04-23
SUNDAY SODA AND CIGARS.
Druggist StandifOrd Says He Will Keep
Up the Fight Against the Authorities.

BE DISCUSSES THE LAW IN ITS APPLICATION TO SODA
AND CIGARs-soDA WATER AS MEDICINE-PERsoNs
WHO SMOKE IN ORDER TO GET RARiFfED ATNos
PHERE--sAoKING AS AN AID TO DIGESTION.
1t is stated among business men most affected
Dy the rigid enforcement or the Sunday laws that
the law Will be as strictly compiled with to-mor-
row as on last sunday. Mr.. Harry Standlford, the
druggist at the corner OF 9th and streets,
against whom eases have already been presented
for keeping open for sale OF cigars and soda water
announces his intention, however OF keeping up
the fight against the restrictive orders OF the Com
missioners Mr.. standiford, when asked by STAR
reporter whether he did not think IL better
TO submit to the present condition or things
until test case had been brought before the
proper tribunal, replied: "No; 1t is not a ques-
tn uoh OF defiance with me- ! do not wish
10 stand In the light Of one who courts
cheap notoriety by refusing to recognize
the right OF the authorities 10 regulate all or aDy
Kind of business, but, as in the case OF most any
thlng else, there are two sides TO this
question as We'll 1 believe that owe a duty TO
those who patronize me all through the year. and
that duty cannot be regulated out OF existence by
any order from the Commissioners. As matter
OF both principle and fact, mankind is not made
1or the laws but laws are made Tor mankind; laws
are admitted 10 be the basis upon which the COM
mon rights or individuals are harmonzed and
they come into existence according TO the ants
Oh people as they may assert themselves.
The MODERN DRUG GIsT.
We uo uou duiuiulSttl lue utuS UuSiItsoS IO-Qay
as we did a hundred, or fifty, or even twenty
years ago." said MI. Standiford. 'sThe drug store
Of to-day is no longer the receptacle OF all sorts OF
nauSeatlng decoctionS and preparations more en-
ergetic than wholesome; it does no longer serve
as warehouse for odd fancies OF human igno-
rance, but with the high degree OF scientific de-
velopment, with the progress OF medical knowl-
edge and inventions, both for increasing human
comfort and decreasing the Ills that flesh is heir
TO, the standard Of ability required OF the modern
druggist has been raised far above that OF any
fharr- -lal kS,.r,
little, IL anything, short OF profession.
While the druggist. even though he may be a
graduate OF a regular school OF medicine, would
not uSurp the functions OF the physician, yet there
are numerous instances occurring every day. sun
days, OF course, included, where parties suffering
from mere momentary disquietude, and there
fore declining to consult their physician Will re-
Qure tine druggist 10 afford the means OF tempo
rary relief, and they must be accommodated.
SODA WATER AS A MEDICINE.
"It may seem an odd statement 10 you, but It
would have been as unjust for our Commissioners
to interfere with the druggists prescription desk
as with his use OF the soda-water fountain or the
manifold mild aqueous preparations which,
TO the ignorant, would seem TO be a
fit subject Tor such Sunday law restrictions
They are frequently necessary 10 serve as the
proper vehicle ior administering mild doses OF HARM
less preparations such as bcarbonate OF soda
lactOpepl1ne, ammonia, and many others. Take
a case or acid stomach; it would be utterly pur-
poSeless for the sufferer, after having been told 10y
his physician time and again 10 seek relief at
Eichy. TO call on that physician again in each In
dividual case when his dinner happens TO set too
heavily on his stomach: and, without intending to
reflect the least on our boarding houses that seems
TO be the case more frequently on sunday than
any other day, and even the sale OF ordinary soda
water Is more often due TO the desire OF the GUS
TONER to avail himself or the benefits OF the case
Gus character OF the drink than the sweets OF the
SyrupS.
THE CIGAR QUESTION.
"Even the tabooed cigar,n Mr. Standiford went
on ''has its medical uses. 1t is a matter OF COLI
mon information that the most advanced or in
durable case OF bronchial affection can obtain some
Slight relief through smoking. Aside from that,
there is the other well-knOwn that i'm all moist
atmoSphereS or lowland climates, where the at
moSpheric gravity Is more perceptlbe than in
higher attitudes, those requiring more rarified
air obtain ii, to some extent, through smoking
The fact that the digestive functions are stimu-
lated by smoking after meals whether due to the
increase CT the production or saliva, by smoking
otherwise, need not be particularly dwelt upon.
l did not intend TO give a diSquistion upon the
properties or uses OF tobacco. L simply want TO
point out the gross injustice OF allowing those who
do not use certain articles, and therefore do not
properly appreciate their value, TO dictate to those
who have become accustomed TO their use, both
Tor the sake OF comfort or necessity. From the
many expressions OF approval and offers OF sub
Stantial support coming from all OF our prominent
druggists believe myself Justified ia saying they
concur with me in the view am taking or this
matter"